All my life I have placed great store in civility and good manners, practices I find scarce among the often hard-edged, badly socialized scientists with whom I associate. Tone of voice means a great deal...

I am always saying “Glad to’ve met you” to somebody I’m not at all glad I met. If you want to stay alive, you have to say that stuff, though.

Posting something that is encouraging and well done compared to something that is trashy and common is the difference between eating a fine meal or the scraps from making that meal.

I had a friend whose family had dinner together every day. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. It just seemed so amazing to me.

Wisdom is not counted in grammers, niether in fluency, but vividly shown in mannerism.

Vijaya prefers to eat alone. Rob ushered her into the room and held a chair for her, then sat across from her. “Many Indians regard eating as something that should be done in private. Considering...

A true gentleman is one that apologizes anyways, even though he has not offended a lady intentionally. He is in a class all of his own because he knows the value of a woman’s heart.

A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.

Facebook Fun is refined. Reader reviews are rewarding on Goodreads. Retweets are readily available for Twitter teasing. Stay within the Netiquette.

Expecting gratitude for a gift is… unseemly.

Positive people on the other had are not those who deny what is going on around them for some pie-in-the-sky type of thinking. Positive people are very award of the problems, disasters and difficulties that...

A gentleman is someone who does not what he wants to do, but what he should do.

Today our children are our reflection. Tomorrow they will be our shadows.

A man’s manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

Politeness [is] a sign of dignity, not subservience.

Manners are the ability to put someone else at their ease…by turning any answer into another question.

Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit them.

The internet makes every online action memorable. Practice proper Netiquette for good memories.

… not talking about things she doesn’t understand to people who do or about things she does to people who don’t.

It seems that the days of public modesty and concern about how we look are far from us. I will not say they are gone forever, in culture nothing is forever.

Truly good manners are invisible: they ease the way for others, without drawing attention to themselves. It is no accident that the word “punctilious” (“attentive to formality or etiquette”) comes from the same original root...

The real test of good manners is to be able to put up with bad manners pleasantly.

Whoever gossips to you will gossip of you”; “It is easier to be critical than correct”- avoid criticism about other officers, and never vent destructive criticism of your service, your unit, or your superiors.

I have three things I’d like to say today. First, while you were sleeping last night, 30,000 kids died of starvation or diseases related to malnutrition. Second, most of you don’t give a shit. What’s...

It is a wise thing to be polite; consequently, it is a stupid thing to be rude. To make enemies by unnecessary and willful incivility, is just as insane a proceeding as to set your...

It is proper Netiquette to post pictures with status updates to make them more engaging.

He wouldn’t write a letter because he couldn’t without beginning it ‘Dear Sylvia’ and ending it ‘Yours sincerely’ or ‘truly’ or ‘affectionately.’ He’s that sort of precise imbecile. I tell you he’s so formal he...

I’ll wait until your mouth is full of food before I ask you a question. That’s just the kind of gentleman I am.

Remember this, posting pictures are like speaking words, you cannot take them back.

We need to take turns – it’s the kind thing to do.

Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater.

Your mood shouldn’t dictate your manners.

Their manners are more gentle, kind, than of our generation you shall find.

Courteousness is consideration for others; politeness is the method used to deliver such considerations.

Safety first when taking selfie’s. Don’t put yourself in harms way for a shot. Photoshop it.

O, Times! O, Manners! It is my opinionThat you are changing sadly your dominion I mean the reign of manners hath long ceased,For men have none at all, or bad at least;And as for times,...

Keep the personal, personal and do not be guilty of spreading bad feelings.

Mikhail?…Try making suggestions next time, or just plain asking. You go do whatever it is you’re doing, and I’ll go search you extensive library for a book on manners.-You will not find it.-Why am I...

I will hold my self to a standard of grace which is Christ’s gift, not perfection which is Satan’s trap.

Wealth of good manners is what no one can steal from you. You can keep it with you wherever you go.

Anisette! You will eat your food, not demonstrate aerial warfare across the table with it.

Charlestonians had a particularly vicious and cunning game, developed after the War. They treated outsiders with so much graciousness and consideration that their politeness became a weapon. ‘Visitors end up feeling as if they’re wearing...

I examined my palm; the skin was unbroken and smooth, showing no sign of the burn. It glistened with saliva. I really wanted to wipe it clean against my jeans, but that seemed rude. Of...

Making your own Netiquette is advanced internet use, but it’s not that hard. It’s all good.

It is bad manners to say that you will piss on anyone. Very bad. It is bad manners and very stupid to say that you will piss on anyone when you are unarmed. It is...

Social media is just that – social.

Fashion is neither moral or immoral, but it is for rebuilding the morale.

Do not descend, but rise above so ill-mannered a person.

The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork.

…I’d been raised by my parents to believe barfing your feelings on other people was the height of impoliteness…